THE STAIN BEHIND THE VEIL OF THE CONTRACT WIFE
Cuisine of the Wife

Almira's two hands crimped her clothes, "You were a young mother?"

Irene fell silent. Likewise with his colleague named Elma who just came after from the mosque to perform prayers.

"What are you talking about, Al?"

Almira took her breath to get even stronger, "Have you ever been a young mother? The 17-year-old girl who was supposed to play medsos, was struggling with the pretty face that they were arrogant to! She has to deal with her duties as a mother. He was an early age with unstable thoughts and uncontrollable emotions. I was asked to hold back my emotions, cry alone.I experienced the baby blues and needed someone to be my support! But I'm only alone"

"Al, we're there for you" Elma interrupted rubbing Almira's shoulder. He did not want to make his friend sad again.

Elma who felt unable to bear with her eyes was rushing to embrace him. Irene felt the pain too.

"Al, don't feel yourself" Elma said on the sidelines of their cries.

"Those who are married have reliable husbands. What about me who's just a rape victim? Can only bite fingers and wishful thinking"

"Al!!" Irene's cry was really not strong. "Al, please don't say that. We are your friends and we will always help you. Let the women out there have reliable husbands, for they are weak. Different from you being so strong"

Elma led Almira to sit down to calm her throbbing heart.

"I'm sorry, Al. I don't mean to demean you. I just feel useless because you're busy making your own money when you have our Al. We're your best friends and you can borrow from us" Irene hugged Almira's body.

"I can't do that. I've been troubling you too much and I don't want to repeat it again" Almira sobbed.

"Not discussed anymore" Elma interrupted, "You made me cry!!"

Almira rubbed Elma's shoulder, still in tears.

"You have a husband now. So your needs and Ronald he's the one that bears" said Elma answered a small nod from Almira.

Irene hugged Almira again, "Just take advantage of these two women, Al"

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After that Almira still had to return to the villa. Vara [Mertua Almira] said it was true, she had to rush home to welcome her husband.

Almira ran into the villa, "Assalamu'alaikum"

"This is the man" cried Vara greeted Almira with a shout, even floating a push on her shoulder.

"Well, Alex hasn't come home yet, has he?" tanya Almira remained polite.

Vara threw away her face and crossed her chest, "He's at the airport and 1 hour to go. Your job is waiting"

"Almira has to do what job?"

"Evening has not been prepared" Vara said, leaving Almira stunned for a while.

"No eating at all? Didn't you think Kiran was cooking, huh mah? It's usually Kiran who cooks" Almira dodged.

"I deliberately asked them not to cook, so that you do" said Vara smiling satisfied.

"Take a look at that!! If Almira hasn't finished, Alex will eat what mah? She had just returned home from a long trip" Almira scolded, raising her tone.

Vara snorted angrily and pulled Almira into the kitchen, "You must cook without the help of the workers. So, you have to finish before Alex gets to the villa..."

"How can you?" almira's objection to confusion.

"I don't want to know! The workers have been shopping for a lot of vegetables and your job is to cook"

Almira let out a low sigh, "In an hour Almira should cook what?"

"Where do I know! Anyway, when Alex arrived, you had to cook food for him. Just be careful if not" threatened Vara pointed a glimpse of the face covered by his daughter-in-law.

"You ma---"

"Not much nonsense!!! Sana" Vara pushed Almira again.

It made Almira confused, while her morally-independent father-in-law went out to relax on the sofa.

He seems to think hard. 'You want me to eat all these vegetables. What do I do?'

Almira did not find the workers, as if disappearing unceremoniously. Where are they all going? Never mind, let it go.

"I'll start to the staple food first" murmured Almira rolling her sleeves low.

A few minutes later.

Alex's return was completely unexpected. This man returned home sooner than Vara expected, making the wife ready to welcome him.

Almira brushed off her shar'i clothes for fear of stains. Moreover, this woman has not had time to clean herself and is likely to smell asem.

Almira doesn't care.

"Welcome back, my son Alex" welcomed Vara into Alex's arms who had just passed the entrance.

"Same papah here? Alex thought you weren't coming" Alex said, making Vara swallow her saliva.

"You're talking about it anyway. It's good to welcome you"

Alex chuckles softly.

Afterwards Almira came forward to pick up the black suit hanging on her husband's arm. However, this woman also gave him a welcome.

"Welcome, sir" said Almira barely heard, then he retreated back.

The corner of Alex's lips was pulled up without replying to him with a sentence because his smile had made Almira look away.

Almira was embarrassed, Alex thought.

Vara who saw Alex's gaze towards Almira immediately passed her, "Alex!! Are you hungry, baby?"

"No mah! Alex is tired of wanting to just take a break" Alex wants to leave but Vara immediately restrains his arm.

"Alex, black crows are already cooking food for us"

Alex's forehead wrinkled at the word 'Some black', a bit strange. But he was not surprised because his confidants had already said everything that had happened at Villa during his time in Australia.

"Who's the crow?" alex pretended not to know.

Vara pointed at Almira who was quietly standing next to Alex, making Alex turn to the side.

Alex grabbed onto Almira's shoulder, "Don't say that! Almira is Alex's wife and mother-in-law"

Vara sighed while throwing a lazy face. After that they rushed to the dining room to enjoy the cuisine made by Almira.

As they travel, their sense of smell catches the pungent odors making his nose itchy to sneeze.

"What is this?" chirps Vara turned to look at Almira, "What are you cooking?"

Almira cleared her throat to say, "Almira has cooked rice, sambal terasi, tempe fried tofu"

WHATTS

The three people were especially Alex. Almira silently felt no surprise at the response, remembering that they were rich people who could not eat it.

"What the hell are you!"

"Mama herself said that Almira should cook as soon as possible before Alex's mas came home. So, Almira decided to cook simply" Almira replied making their eyes bulge.

Almira pulls out a chair for Vara confidently, "Mamah, please sit down to eat"

To be continued

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